Four Commands We Must Live By

  [367 words] “Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king” (1 Peter 2:13-17). Peter tells us that as Christians, we must be law-abiding people. Why? Because people (worldly) will point at us, if we aren’t law-abiding, and call out our inconsistencies. They would then cast this stain upon the church and our Lord. This can’t happen! Peter gives us the formula to avoid this: Honor all people….